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  2. Niqqud - Wikipedia

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    1 The letter "ס ‎" represents any Hebrew consonant. 2 For sin-dot and shin-dot, the letter "ש ‎" (sin/shin) is used. 3 The dagesh, mappiq, and shuruk have different uses, but the same graphical representation, and hence are input in the same manner. 4 For shuruk, the letter "ו ‎" (vav) is used since it can only be used with that letter.

  3. Hebrew alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Various "styles" (in current terms, "fonts") of representation of the Jewish script letters described in this article also exist, including a variety of cursive Hebrew styles. In the remainder of this article, the term "Hebrew alphabet" refers to the square script unless otherwise indicated. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. It does not have ...

  4. Samaritan script - Wikipedia

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    Samaritan is a direct descendant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, which was a variety of the Phoenician alphabet.Paleo-Hebrew is the alphabet in which large parts of the Hebrew Bible were originally penned according to the consensus of most scholars, who also believe that these scripts are descendants of the Proto-Sinaitic script.

  5. Hebrew diacritics - Wikipedia

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    Note 1: The letters "א ‎" or "ב ‎"represent whatever Hebrew letter is used. Note 2: The letter "ש ‎" is used since it can only be represented by that letter. Note 3: The dagesh, mappiq, and shuruk are different, however, they look the same and are inputted in the same manner. Also, they are represented by the same Unicode character.

  6. Cursive Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    As with all handwriting, cursive Hebrew displays considerable individual variation. The forms in the table below are representative of those in present-day use. [5] The names appearing with the individual letters are taken from the Unicode standard and may differ from their designations in the various languages using them—see Hebrew alphabet § Pronunciation for variation in letter names.

  7. Honorifics for the dead in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew version is alav ha-shalom (m.) / aleha ha-shalom (f.) (Hebrew: עליו השלום ‎ (m.) / עליה השלום ‎ (f.)). It is abbreviated in English as A"H. The Hebrew abbreviation is ע״ה ‎. This phrase is the same as the Islamic honorific peace be upon him (which is used for all prophets of Islam).

  8. Pardes (exegesis) - Wikipedia

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    Each type of Pardes interpretation examines the extended meaning of a text. As a general rule, the extended meaning never contradicts the base meaning. [8] The Peshat means the plain or contextual meaning of the text. Remez is the allegorical meaning. Derash includes the metaphorical meaning, and Sod represents the hidden meaning. There is ...

  9. Modern Hebrew verbs - Wikipedia

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    Verbs in Hebrew, like nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, are formed and declined by altering a (usually) three-letter stem, known as a shoresh (שורש transl. root).Vowels are added between or before these three consonants in a pattern to form a related meaning between different roots.